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英语经典优美段落摘抄

一、OneGirlChangedMyLife
Mychildhoodandadolescencewereajoyousoutpouringofenergy,aceaselessquestforexpression,skill,andexperience.Schoolwasonlyabackgroundtothesupremedelightoflessonsinmusic,dance,anddramatics,andthethrillofsojournsinthecountry,theaters,concerts.Andbooks,bigBraillebooksthatcamewithmeonstreetcars,tothetable,andtobed.Thenonenightatahighschooldance,aremark,notintendedformyears,stabbedmyyouthfulbliss:“Thatgirl,whatapitysheisblind.”Blind!Thatuglywordthatimpliedeverythingdark,blank,rigid,andhelpless.QuicklyIturnedandcalledout,Pleasedon’tfeelsorryforme,I’mhavinglotsoffun.Butthefunwasnottolast.
Withtheadventofcollege,Iwasbroughttogripswiththeproblemofearningaliving.Part-timeteachingofpianoandharmonyand,upongraduation,occasionalconcertsandlectures,provedonlypartialsourcesoflivelihood.Intermsoftimeandeffortinvolved,thefinancialremunerationwasdisheartening.Thisinducedwithinmesearingself-doubtanddarkmoodsofdespondency.Addingtomydismalsenseofinadequacywastherepeatedexperienceofseeingmysistersandfriendsgoofftoexcitingdates.HowgratefulIwasformypiano,where—throughChopin,Brahms,andBeethoven—Icouldminglemylongingandseethingenergywiththeirs.AndwhereIcoulddissolvemyfrustrationinthebeautyandgrandeuroftheirconceptions.Thenoneday,Imetagirl,awonderfulgirl,anarmynurse,whosefaithandstabilityweretochangemywholelife.Asouracquaintanceripenedintofriendship,shediscerned,behindashellofgaiety,myrecurringplateausofdepression.Shesaid,“Stopknockingoncloseddoors.Keepupyourbeautifulmusic.Iknowyouropportunitywillcome.You’retryingtoohard.Whydon’tyourelax,andhaveyouevertriedpraying?”
Theideawasstrangetome.Itsoundedtoosimple.Somehow,Ihadalwaysoperatedonthepremisethat,ifyouwantedsomethinginthisworld,youhadtogooutandgetitforyourself.Yet,sincerityandhardworkhadyieldedonlymeagerreturns,andIwaswillingtotryanything.Experimentally,self-consciously,Icultivatedthedailypracticeofprayer.Isaid:God,showmethepurposeforwhichYousentmetothisworld.Helpmetobeofusetomyselfandtohumanity.

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